Hotel register and the like



' May 25,1926. 1,586,331

S. SALOMON- HOTEL REGISTER AND THE LIKE Filed June 25. 1924 AYQWZZZZAYZZZO77707U Patented May 25, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1 g 1,586,331 PATENT- emcs.

SAMUEL SALOMON, or CHICAGO, rumors, ASSIGNOR T0 w. w. WILCOX MFG. so, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, a CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

HOTEL REGISTER AND THE LTKE.

Application filed June 23, 1924. Serial No. 721,668.

This invention has to do with improvements in registers for cards and the like such as are used in hotels and elsewhere for displaying the edge portions of the cards for different purposes. Althoughthe regis ter of the present invention is particularly intended for use in connection with hotels and the like, it will appear from a detailed description of the invention that it can be used for many other purposes. Therefore, I do not intend to limit its usefulness except as I am to do so in the claims.

The main feature of the invention relates to the form and construction of the slides or plates for the individual cards which are intended to be set into the rack. In this connection, one object is to provide a metallic slide made from a piece of sheet metal stamped into shape. Another object of the invention is to provide a slide of such construction that it will properly co-operate with the slides above and below it to dis play the edge portions of the cards in proper sequence.

Another object of the invention is to provide slides of such construction that they can be very easily set into-place or removed from the rack without the necessity of in serting or removing any other slides.

Other objects and uses of the invention will appear from a detailed description of the same, which consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 shows a face view of a rack having applied thereto a number of-slides embodying the feature of the present invention, the central portion of the rack being broken away so as to shorten up the figure;

Fig. 2 shows a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; a

Fig. 3 shows a face view of one of the blanks from which the slide is formed; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the formed-up slide.

The particular rack illustrated in the drawing includes the vertical side frame bars 5 and 6 together with top and bottom cross pieces 7 and 8 respectively. p The side frame bar 5 is of channel formincluding the from and back fian e's 9 and 10, whereas the bar 6 is of angile form including the arms 11 and 12. The top cross piece '7 is of angle form including the arms 13 and 1 k, and the bottom member 8 is of channel form includlng thearms 15 and 16. This bottom 'member 8 constitutes in effect a channel into which the lowermost slide may be seated.

and serve as a support for the slides above. While I have illustrated only. a particular form of rack, it will be understood that the same is illustrated only by way of convenience in illustration and that the slides may be used to advantage wit-h other forms of'rackalso. The form of slide illustrated in the drawing includes a plate 17 having atop forwardly-reaching flange 18 and a bottom forwardly-reaching and upturned flange 19. i

The slide also includes the ears 20 and 21 which are well illustrated in the perspective view of Fig. 4. Each of them includes a lug '22 along its lower edge which when folded at right angles to the body of the ear will rest squarely against the back surface of the plate 17 when the ears are turned ends of the. plate 17 when they are foldedp into shape, as is evident from Fig. 4. As a result, the lower portion of the next higher slide of the series can be set into and supported by the ears of the lower slide, as illustrated in Fig. 2, so that the consecutive slides are properly stacked together. In this connection, it is noted that the parts are so proportioned that the ears of the consecutive slides do not come into contact when the slides are nested together, but the lower edge of each slide is directly supported on the floors of the ears of the next lower slide.

The forwardly extending lugs 18 on the slides serve as convenient projections for ready manipulation of the slides. By hooking the finger under oneof these projections the particular slide and all of the others of higher order can be raised in the rack and the next lower slide can then be readily removed or a new slide set into place.

Owing to the channel form of the lug 19 at the lower edge of each slide, the card set therein will be firmly held in place and properly supported by its particular slide.

It is observed that one edge 23 of each slide is cut off at retreating angle, whereas the other edge 24 is perfectly vertical. This arrangement facilitates the insertion and its moral of the slides with respect to the rack notwithstanding the presence of'the overhanging flange 9 of the rack member 5.

I While I have herein shown and described only a single embodiment of the features of my present invention, still I do not intend to limit myself to the same, except as I may do so in the claims.

I claim 1. As a new article of manufacture, a slide for the purpose specified comprising a sheet-metal blank having an ear extending outwardly therefrom at each end, each ear having a downwardly depending lug thereon separated from the end of the body of the blank a suitable distance, the lugs being folded at right angles to the ears, the ears being folded around against the back face of the body of the blank, the upper edge of the blank being folded forward to establish a forwardly projecting lug along said upper edge, and the lower edge of the blank being folded forwardly and upwardly to establish an upwardly facing channel along said lower edge, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a slide for the purpose specified comprising a sheetmetal blank having an ear extending outwardly therefrom at each end, each ear having a downwardly depending lug thereon, the lugs being folded at right angles to the ears, the ears being folded around against the back face of the body of the blank, the upper edge of the blank being folded forward to establish a forwardly projecting lug along said upper edge, and the lower edge of the blank being folded forwardly and upwardly to establish an upwardly facing channel along said lower edge, substantially as described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a slide for the purpose specified comprising a sheet-metal blank having a forwardly extending lug along its upper edge and an upwardly facing channel along the front face of its lower edge, together with an upwardly facing pocket at each end of the back face of the blank, each pocket being closed at its outer edge, substantially as described.

SAMUEL SALOMON. 

